Emperor Song read the latest national conditions in a silence, especially on the detailed military expenditure list, he read very carefully. The current production capacity of tanks, aircraft, etc. in the empire has reached its highest peak since 1937.
, With the suspension of construction of aircraft carriers, more military expenditures flow to the Air Force and the Army, especially the Air Force. New turbojet fighter jets are being produced in a crazily, and seven largest aircraft manufacturers in China have received large-scale orders.
Even though the j-6m series fighter jets produced by the main force at this stage are simplified versions, and the production process has been greatly reduced and the quality is not as good as the j-6a/b model of the previous conventional series, it still maintains absolute suppression authority over the Axis Air Force.
Based on the j-6, the Imperial Air Force restarted a high-altitude high-speed model that had not been put into actual production, and put it into production with the number of the j-606 fighter to make up for certain defects in the high-speed performance of the j-6 fighter.
In fact, it cannot be considered a defect. It is because of more comprehensive considerations, the j-6 fighter fuselage has not reached the highest level of turbojet fighter at high altitude and high speed in terms of aerodynamic design.
The situation in China should be said to be pretty good.
Song Biao spent more than ten minutes to summarize the national conditions in early September. At this time, Lieutenant General Chen Jiayou, the Chief of the Inner Court, personally sent a front-line call.
This is exactly what Emperor Song Biao was waiting for from Commander-in-Chief Zhao Tingzhu.
He opened the telegram book and saw that the answer was very simple and easy to understand. It was not beyond his expectations. He did not return the telegram book to Chen Jiayou with too many expressions, and then asked with Jiang Gu and others:
Do you have a clear conclusion on declaring war on the Axis powers now?”
Gu Weijun replied: "The unified propaganda on anti-Nazi and fascism has been arranged recently, but from the current polls, most citizens still have doubts about the declaration of war on Germany. The Congress had previously conducted a symbolic sign of anonymity.
Only one-third of the members of Congress supported the declaration of war on Germany. Judging from the preparations for military expenditure, it is still not a suitable time to start a war against Germany, but the German military expansion speed significantly exceeded our expectations. The development of the German nuclear weapons plan
The process is still unclear, and it is expected that its related funds will expand on a larger scale during this year. It is estimated that the basic part of the research may have been completed at present."
Speaking of this, Gu Weijun did not continue to answer. He did not express his attitude clearly. He just gave a simulated answer. He wanted to wait and see the emperor's specific opinions before giving a new answer.
Jiang Fangzhen did not have too many doubts and replied simply: "I think the war must start at present, so I will wait any longer. I am afraid there will be more variables."
Emperor Song Biao no longer ignored this as before, nodded and said, "Then declare war on Italy. The empire and France have been ally for many years, and they shoulder the mission of maintaining world stability. They cannot tolerate Italian fascism invading Africa and formally free France.
Sign an alliance agreement and send troops to fight in North Africa. Protect the interests of the empire and curb the expansion of fascism. The Northwest Front is not in a hurry to start a war and continue to increase the scale of troops. If the German army takes the initiative to attack, it will be notified to the whole country. It will formally launch a full-scale counterattack against the German army."
His answer no longer allows the cabinet to make any form of mediation, and this is the final conclusion.
No matter how inconvenient Gu Weijun had, he could only bite the bullet and mobilize the cabinet to support the war. The good news was to start from North Africa first. Taking the opportunity to occupy North Africa and Egypt, controlling the Suez Canal and the Red Sea was also the empire's long-cherished wish for many years.
At this stage, Britain and France did not really want China to intervene in North Africa and the Mediterranean region. However, if the empire had no troops, it would be impossible to defeat Germany with their strength. Without the empire's support, they would have all lost their country and eventually ruled by Nazi Germany.
.
The two powers are at a disadvantage, and Britain and France can only accept the conditions of the empire and actively beg the empire to send troops to declare war.
This is a good historical opportunity and should never be missed.
Gu Weijun naturally understood the truth, and some historical opportunities were indeed fleeting.
He had nothing to say, and could only bow his head and obey His Majesty the Emperor with Chief of Staff Jiang Fangzhen.
Emperor Song Biao continued: "The central government and the party must strengthen propaganda, unify the thoughts of the people, accelerate the allocation of resources, and introduce wartime policies. The military and political power will be temporarily taken over by the Central Defense Commission. We either do not participate in the war, but must participate in the war.
We must firmly seize this historical opportunity, fight to create a real world hegemon, and stand at the peak of the world from now on, without any controversy. The empire must be firm in its attitude. If the empire wants to be the world's largest country, it will never allow Nazi Germany to challenge the empire.
Authority and interests. The North African theater needs to fight quickly and quickly decisively, quickly expel Italy from the entire North Africa, concentrate naval forces into the Mediterranean, annihilate the main force of the Italian naval force, incorporate Spain into the alliance camp, and send troops from Spain to fight against Germany. It is necessary to ensure that Spain does not
Falling laid the foundation for counterattacking Germany.”
Jiang Fangzhen said: "In the battlefields of southwestern Europe, we may fall into hard battles. Our army has currently deployed four armies in Spain. With the strength of the two countries, the army chiefs are close to three million, 230,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and 18 artillery guns.
Wanmen, the Air Force has more than 7,000 fighter jets and can fight with the German army for about half a year. If it faces the general attack of the German and Italian armies and their vassal states at the same time, it will be hard to say."
Emperor Song Biao thought about it and said, "Let this issue be left to Liu Gengyun to consider. First, clean North Africa, fast speed, thunder, stabilize the entire North Africa in one fell swoop, and then consider concentrating troops to defend the Iberian Peninsula. Once the German army was
Take the initiative to attack, strengthen the comprehensive offensive in the northwest, and now we must accelerate the expansion of military advantages in the northwest and force the German army to move their main forces to Eastern Europe. In addition, we can negotiate with the UK and ask the UK to send troops into the Iberian Peninsula to open up the European continent
Battlefield. After France surrendered, the British Army had not invested in war on a large scale. It is expected that millions of troops would be able to intervene in the southern European battlefield, which would greatly alleviate the situation in Spain."
Gu Weijun said: "I don't know if Spain is sure to participate in the war now!"
Emperor Song Biao replied calmly: "The answer to this matter is only four words: coercion and temptation. There are always benefits to joining the war. Whatever he wants is the benefits he will give him."
Gu Weijun thought about it and could roughly guess the benefits needed by the Spanish government, so Ji could agree. He said: "I will summon the Spanish ambassador immediately, and at the same time I will send the Minister-level special envoy to Spain for direct negotiations, so as to strive to be as fast as possible.
Time to win over Spain to join the war.”
Emperor Song Biao said no, and continued to emphasize: "Since this battle begins, we must have the full support of the people. The Central National Defense Commission must set up a special project agency to be responsible for the declaration of war and united front work, and ensure that all citizens can unify their thinking and resolutely
To win this war, if necessary, arrange a Hadith. Perhaps, I must also personally explain the reasons why our country must start a war."
Gu Weijun and Jiang Fangzhen were both overjoyed and both replied, "This is the best solution."
If Emperor Song was willing to come forward to call on the people to join the war, it would definitely be the best united front strategy. The emperor enjoyed a high degree of authority and reputation in the country. As long as the emperor was willing to speak out and have a clear attitude, various polling crises would not be a problem. Conscription, and unity
Reconciling military debt collection will no longer be any problem. Everything is just a word from the emperor. It depends on whether Emperor Song is willing to come out to express his opinion.
It is related to the honor and disgrace of the country, and Emperor Song has no reason not to come forward to settle everything.
On the morning of that day, Emperor Song Biao discussed with the Prime Minister and the Chief of Staff about the "Halloween", as well as the accelerated military deployment and military expenditure raising issues. In this week, various deployments and domestic public opinion propaganda and guidance will be accelerated.
Try to make an open declaration of war on September 20. It officially starts a large-scale annihilation war in North Africa, expels Italian troops from North Africa, and takes this opportunity to establish the "Knoll of North Africa" in Ethiopia, Egypt and Libya, laying the foundation
The foundation of the overall interests of the empire in Africa.
Modern army has nothing but two combat systems. One is artillery-step coordination, and the other is frank and step coordination.
In the empire's large mechanized military system, artillery and step coordination is still one of the main parts, especially in the case of large-scale expansion of troops, the large-scale production of artillery and trucks is much faster than that of tanks, and is mainly based on artillery and step.
Army groups usually only need to arrange 3 to 5 tank regiments to effectively tear open the enemy's defense line and launch a large-scale army position attack.
Using such a military system to confront the German armored army group is tantamount to an egg hitting a stone, and it cannot be regarded as the strongest strength of the imperial army system. However, light armored infantry and tow artillery are used as the main body to cooperate in combat, and in motorized infantry
With the support of the Air Force and some main battle tank clusters, it is more than enough to deal with the Italian army and North African battlefields.
With such an organization, four to five armies, plus the British and French colonial armies, can effectively control the entire Africa, and the actual investment scale is much smaller than that of the main armored army group.
In this war, military expenditure is definitely a very huge challenge. Even the empire must use military expenditures fully, effectively and reasonably, but it is impossible to save money in the duel with the German army.
The Central Military Department has already had relatively proper military plans for these issues.
On the morning of this day, Emperor Song Biao and Chief of Staff of Jiang Fangzhen generally established the entire plan, striving to control the total military expenditure of the entire war to a scale of 35 billion yuan, which will end within two and a half years and within 30 months.
war.
After all, this is a world war. With the total number of soldiers approaching 15 million, it is indeed a question whether the 35 billion yuan military expenditure can be sufficient. It is not just about recruiting 15 million people, but you also have to fire guns and cannons.
Aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles and everything else.
For the past year and a half, the central cabinet has been trying to find ways to raise military expenses. The treasury currently has a 13 billion yuan fiscal surplus that can be directly used for military expenses, including part of the proceeds from the sale of central state assets. In the next three years, the treasury currently has a fiscal surplus of 13 billion yuan.
During the time, the annual fiscal appropriation can be maintained at about 7 billion yuan, which is basically enough to cover the military expenditure of this war.
In addition to selling war bonds, it is best to strive to raise 40 billion military spending, refund more and make up for it, because another very important issue needs to be considered, that is, the Central Military Department must continue to maintain its finances for other allies.
Supporting the central bank also needs to purchase large quantities of British and French bonds.
All expenses add up, the total military expenses during the entire war are likely to be a day, which is different from fighting the Japanese. Although the third Sino-Japanese War lasted for two years, the actual total expenses are not.
Large, and a large part of these expenses are equipment costs, which can also be used for this war against Germany.
Because this is likely to be a celestial number, the empire is even more forced to force Britain and France to repay these expenses after the war.
The empire still has to keep a hand. If the United States takes the opportunity to use the gold and dollar offensive to sweep Europe, the empire will also have a way to eliminate the United States. The minimum limit is based on the United States' implementation of the same loan terms and loan support for Britain and France.
After the fight, it will also give the United States some benefits. It will win over the United States and continue to suppress Europe, and its dominance must be in the hands of the empire.
After the war, it is best for the empire to ensure that there is a 10 billion yuan fiscal retention that can be used for the European reconstruction plan. In order to avoid the United States leading the process and allow the United States to seize control of the European economy for no reason.
Jiang Fangzhen went back to deal with military affairs at noon. Emperor Song Biao stayed Prime Minister Gu Weijun and summoned the Minister of Finance Chen Jin into the palace to discuss the post-war order and financial hegemony in advance. It was not difficult for the empire to win the Nazi axis.
What is how to continue to suppress the United States after the war.
Therefore, this matter must be prepared for both hands, end the war as soon as possible, control a large amount of government bonds and fiscal retention in hands, and preserve the empire's financial and industrial suppression of the United States as much as possible.
In other words, the best way is to use nuclear weapons. The earlier the better.
After Emperor Biao of Song made a clear statement, there was no room for maneuver in the empire's formal declaration of war on Italy. The Prime Minister of the Central Cabinet had the right to directly sign the war order. Once the Prime Minister signed this order, and approved by the Emperor of Song, there was no need to do so again.
After consultation by Congress.
Prime Minister Gu Weijun can no longer maintain his previous vague strategy, so he can only come forward to defend himself in Congress and demand a formal declaration of war against Italy. Now, there is no need to seek parliamentary approval, but the support of parliament still needs to be followed. Therefore, unifying domestic thinking has become very important.
Important issues, various propaganda and public opinion guidance work have also been launched on a large scale.
Faced with this situation, the ambassadors of Germany and Poland urgently came forward to discuss with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hoping that the empire could continue to maintain its original position of not participating in the war. Under the current situation, China, the United States, Spain, Brazil, Iran, Turkey and other countries did not participate in the war.
All countries actually have a preference. Due to arms sales issues, the United States maintains a balance between allies and Axis powers. Sweden is slightly biased towards Axis powers due to self-protection factors, while Turkey is obviously biased towards Axis powers.
Among these countries, except for China and the United States, all other countries have relatively little influence and are not important.
If the United States suddenly joins the war, no matter which side it joins, it will directly lead to a huge turn in the battlefield. However, compared with China, the United States still has much smaller influence.
To be precise, China's strength and influence are based on the sum of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Poland.
Once China officially joins the war, the entire Asian League will be involved, and other important cooperative countries around the world, such as Brazil, Chile, Spain in South America, Ethiopia in Africa, etc., will be directly involved in the war, or even
It has led to the war.
This is a very scary thing.
Nazi Germany did plan to challenge the Chinese Empire's hegemony around the world and establish the Germanic world hegemony, but this is a very long-term plan and it is impossible to achieve this goal within ten years.
Of course, the Chinese Empire really cannot give Nazi Germany this time cycle and opportunity.
The United States can watch from the wall and wait for Germany to challenge the new historical opportunities brought to it by China. China must not wait.
After Gu Weijun made a policy talk in parliament and expressed his clear intention to participate in the war, Germany and Poland immediately dispatched ambassadors to launch negotiations urgently, hoping to continue to prevent China from participating in the war through diplomatic mediation, because once China participates in the war, the current strength of the Axis powers is very strong.
Maybe it can't stand it.
Although the British Empire is very miserable, it has strong backings like Canada, Australia, and South Africa, and it still maintains the relationship between the suzerain and colonial countries with India.
The British Empire still has the largest colonies in the world and has a huge reserve of war resources. China is the leader of the entire Asian League, with population, resources and industrial strength that matches the entire Europe, as well as the world's most powerful financial and technological strength.
.
As long as China officially joins the war, Britain will definitely accompany China to the end. Germany may not be able to withstand a long-term war of attrition with China and Britain.
Talk.
It is still necessary to talk about it.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs still sent the Deputy Foreign Minister to negotiate with Germany and Poland, and the price was raised very high. First, Germany must completely withdraw from France and recognize the free French government; second, the Axis powers must completely withdraw from Africa; third, the Axis powers
Must withdraw from Russia.
France is the most important industrial base outside Nazi Germany, and Russia is the resource base and industrial base of Nazi Germany. If these two places were given up, Germany would not have the opportunity to continue to challenge imperial hegemony.
This negotiation base could not have any result. By September 18, although the empire had not officially declared war, the two armies stationed in Ethiopia had already entered Egypt, and the air force also began to attack the Italian army stationed in Libya and Central Naval Aviation
The joint fleet set out from the Port of Aden and Port of North Ma, and detoured through South Africa to enter the Atlantic Ocean.
The first stop of the Imperial Navy was Congo. After occupying Congo, Portugal was confirmed to be attracted to the Allies camp, and the entire fleet would enter the Port of Rees, Portugal, and then enter the Mediterranean and destroy the Italian Navy in one fell swoop.
We went around for two things: one was to occupy the Congo base in West Africa, and the other was to use military strength to force Spain and Portugal to completely turn to the Allied camp.
The curtain of the imperial army's attack has been opened, and a new era is coming.